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Asbestos fight ‘not over’

The community remembered those lost to asbestos-related disease and vowed to prevent others from suffering the same fate at an Asbestos Awareness Day ceremony at Morwell Centenary Rose Garden on Friday.

Bold plans for Lake Narracan

Shops, walking tracks, thousands of new homes and even a primary school have been mooted as part of long-term plans for the popular summer watering hole.

Cannibal croc snapped on camera

As far as holiday home videos go, Traralgon's Robert Ahearne reckons his Kakadu crocodile footage crushes the competition.

Possible GippsTAFE merger concerns union

The AEU warns a merger move could put the institute out of touch with Gippsland's economy.

State Government defends TAFE funding changes

The State Government has defended its latest funding changes to the TAFE sector, which could see fees for the popular hospitality courses at GippsTAFE skyrocket next year.

No-fracking way

AN oil and gas drilling company plans to use one of its Gippsland sites to test a possible alternative to the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing.

Valley’s blitz on family violence

The Latrobe Valley's dedicated Family Violence Unit has become one of the most effective response teams in the state.

Rethink on beauty

A mixed-media photograph book largely shot in Moe and Trafalgar aims to empower women by encouraging a rethink of the ideals of beauty.

Key service ‘let down’

A KEY Latrobe Valley youth welfare service facing a critical undersupply of resources has accused the Victorian Department of Education of poor consultation and support provision.

Two killed in horror crash

Police are investigating the cause of a horror crash at Rosedale on Friday which claimed the life of a 45 year-old woman and young girl from the Northern Territory.

Government money returned

THE remains of $50 million in State Government money awarded to HRL's ill-fated Dual Gas plant proposal, planned for a Morwell construction, has been returned to government coffers.

TAFEs to probe merger

A POTENTIAL merger between GippsTAFE and Chisholm Institute of TAFE will be workshopped over the coming months, through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between parties exploring joint course delivery models.

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